Conversations with Chief: Tribal Membership

The Choctaw Nation’s Membership Office helps tribal members and potential tribal members connect with their Choctaw roots, as well as the programs and services available to them once their membership is confirmed. In the final video of our series on citizenship, Chief Batton talks to Terry Stephens about the process of becoming a Choctaw tribal member.

[@K.T-]

Proud to be choctaw!

[@spa556]

I love my tribe 💛 and our chief...thank you for all you contribute to our people!

[@AfricanKay98]

Ha-li-to I'm Mississippi Choctaw

[@gregorysmith3499]

I'm going through the process as I speak, proud chata , thank you chief Gary.... your words are reassuring

[@tamlynn786]

I love being Choctaw. I’m so grateful for my ancestors and my heritage 💗💗💗

[@gregorysmith3499]

I can't wait to get my cards I am gonna soul cry so hard

[@fourwindsflock971]

It makes me sad to know ppl would only want to claim there blood for money!!! I pray by the Grace of our Creator ppl find their foundation.. their core because that is what is missing in most ppls lives .. leading them down a long road in life trying to find where they belong/fit in!! Instead they find themselves more lost... #embrace #beempowered

[@jeriaguirre7978]

My grandmother and my mom have passed and I can’t find a pattern for a size 18/20 dresscould you please help me find a pattern??

[@roots808ndn8]

I am Chanta from Mississippi. I know this is going to make some folks mad, but it was asked upon me by one of my full blood friends from another nation. Why are Mississippi Chanta darker than Chanta from Oklahoma? not all but most. I figured because the blood is being mixed? I didn’t have a conclusive answer for the question. What percentage of Choctaw blood must you be to become a tribal members?

[@blueslover1711]

Please keep our tribe ONLY choctaw! Don't allow the federal government to tell the Choctaw who to accept! Please do not let the federal government to change our sovereignty

[@jamiekennedy2382]

CHIEF....MY DAUGHTER HAS BEEN TRYING TO GET HER CARD FOR ALMOST 2 YEARS. WE HAVE GIVEN YALL EVERYTHING WE CAN AND YALL ARE STILL DENYING HER HERITAGE.